The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-08-12
or INTEREST," 70 FARMERS.

Thousanda Of aeres OF land In One
lin and Herlkimer counties, n. y.
were sold at auction at one cent nm acre
the other day.
x bin to prohibit the coloring OF oil
eonarEarne yellow, In imitation of
butter was defeated In the Massachu-
sets legislature.
Five hundred and sixty-ilve acres Of
corn have been engagcd Of the And
roseopgin county, Me-, farmers by the
two Auburn factories.
The question of fireplace ornamen-
tation IL settled in some country houses
by filling the open fireplace with
shelves To hold hric-a-brie.
Examine floor timbers over barn cel-
lars before storing the hay crop. In
many places their strength will be tried
more than for many years.
Professor Stewart reports the feeding
OF l0i cows on an acre of corn in the
milk, and Il gave them fun feed for
four days, equal to ALI days for ole
cow.
watermelons two feet five inches
long, aud twenty-elght inches I'm cir
cumferenee, convince the negroes at
Kisslmme, Fla, that they are living in
paradise.
Lands that are over-stocked not only
yield less food but the animals pastured
upon them make less yield in beef or
milk than when the stock Is IN proper
ton to the capacity of the lands for
producing food.
Probably the largest barn I'm the
world is in Popino, Neb., and owned
by the union cattle company of Chey-
enne. IL IL 700 feet long and .T9 feet
wide, covering between four and five
acres.
A hospital for animals is projected In
London, With free dispensnries i'm the
poorer quarters, where besides treat
ment for suffering animals, lectures can
he given and pamphlets distributed for
public instruction.
Stagnant water Is detrimental 20 NIL
kinds of crops, and for that reason all
fields should be titled or undertlrained
I'm some manner Underlrainagc car
ries of the surplus water, and allows
more air and heat 20 enter the earth.
All the cattle that Montana can send
10 market in Il year would supply the
Chicago market only about two weeks,
while the combined annual product of
the Northwestern cattle market only
about seven weeks.
Not satisfied with eating peaches,
plums, cherries, grapes, eurrant and
gooseberries, -rose-hugs in Delaware ard
Maryland are said 10 have attacked for
ests trees, ivy and everything green.
/ They are worse than the grasshCpper
/ plague.
The Agricultural Department esti-
mates that 0,000, 900 acres of forest are
used yearly i'm this country for fuel and
I lumber. Fires. il il calculated, destroy
about 10000, 900 acres more. The forest
area of the country Is less than 452, 600,
900 acres, but young forests grow up
rapidly.
! We ought To understand the makeup
I sf plants and animals. In knowing
/ this and the elements that compose
them we shall more readily understand
/ the relation existing between them,
and SO be the better prepared To supply
/ to the plant through the soil those ele-
ments known 10 be lacking.
When flies and gnats are Troublesome
/ in the house shut up doors and windows
and blow little pure and fresh huhach
through the cheap bellows that can be
/ had anvwhere. "Pure and fresh. y ~
member, and then sweep up and burn
/ the corpses. Keeping the powder in
/ close tin cans is essential, as ii soon
/ loses its virtue when exposed.
! 10 llOi Mt1Ih tits-Nf ~ TIC tftiNl NtlR-
after they begin To run, but work the
1 ground before them, as the roots do not
I receive benefit when disturbed II
grass exists i'm the watermelon field Ii
/ is best TO pun it out from around the
vines and run CultiVator between
them, provided they have not made
much growth.
Beans are peculiarly liable to injury
I by moisture, and should never bc hoed
except in dry weather. If soil touches
/ the leaves when wet by rains or dews
/ il injuries them, by causing rust. This
1 is especially true after hloss0ming he.
gins, and il is better to have all the
work Of cultivation and hoeing finish
/ ed before that time.
The French project Of fertilizing the
/ African deserts 10y means of artesian
wells is reported TO I've working admira,
bly,. On a tract Of ., 600 acres Of worth.
less land granted by the Bey of Tunis
an area Of $40 acres is already under
successful cultivation through the aid
of the first well, and two other we'll.
i are i'm progress, which are expected L
irrigate $500 acres.